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Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours Blog, the place where we we keep you informed about everything YPT, from current tours, to future tours and a whole lot of eclectic stuff in between.
YPT first started blogging in 2008 and are considered the best North Korean Travel blog that there is.
But, as Young Pioneer Tours have expanded our locations, so have we expanded our blog. Now we have one of the best travel blogs in the world!
And while most of our content is about the numerous destinations we go, including travel guides and what to pack, we also delve into more serious subjects such as the safety of certain destinations, as well as how LGTBQ+ friendly the places we visit are.
While the vast majority of our content is produced in-house, we are always on the look-out for guest bloggers and writers. Want to write for us? Then simply get in touch.
You can also check out our sister publication YPT Life.
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Palau is now open to tourism
12 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Palau is now open to tourism – the first country in the region to open borders since the Covid-19 shutdown began. To read about which countries are currently open to tourism click here. Palau is now open to tourism What are the requirements for e …
Thailand to open to vaccinated tourists from 10 countries
12 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Thailand to open to vaccinated tourists from 10 countries on November 1st, in the latest twist in the “what will the Thai’s do next” tourism question. To read about which countries are open to tourism click here. What has been announced and who are the …
UK Red List cut to 7 countries
8 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
UK Red List cut to 7 countries in sweeping move that all, but opens citizens to global travel. To read about which countries are open to travel click here. What is the UK Red List? The UK have operated countries into Green, Amber and Red lists. F …
Antarctica open to tourism – 2024 Travel Update
8 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Argentina have announced new procedures for letting visitors into the country, valid from November 1st, which by default means that Antarctica is now open to tourism. This is obviously extremely exciting news and will mean our December departure …
There’s no Place like Home – The story of Data Papa
8 October 2021 / by YPT Team
Did you hear the story of Data Papa? Be honest I think all of us at some point have dreamed of going to sleep and waking up in a different world with a new life, countless films have been made about this subject. For some though this is not a fantasy t …
Bali open to tourism, but to a very limited degree
7 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
The tourist island of Bali open to tourism from mid-October, but before you get packing, not only is it to a limited degree, but comes with more than a few caveats. When will Bali open to tourism? According to the announcement some international flight …
New Soviet Man
5 October 2021 / by Dominic Perry
When the Bolsheviks enacted the October revolution of 1917, the promise was of a new society with no precedent in history. A society distinct from what came before, where the barriers of class would be dissolved, where divisions of all kinds would be s …
Flag of Bolivia
5 October 2021 / by
The flag of the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a tricolor. It contains a color scheme that makes it easy to misindentify as an African flag. To put it simply, the flag consists of three horizontal bars in the order of red, yellow, and green. To prev …
China will not reopen to tourism for the Winter Olympics
4 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
China will not reopen to tourism for the Winter Olympics, according to an announcement by International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday. While the move is far from a surprise, it does shed light on when the country, and by proxy when North Korea w …
